Sorry we're so late in giving the eagerly anticipated recap of The Catalina, the new reality show on the CW that follows the partying staffers of The Catalina Hotel in Miami Beach, but we had some technical difficulties. (Thank God the CW lets you watch full episodes online here.)For starters,...
May 30, 2012
As we mentioned earlier this week, we're just days away from the premiere of The Catalina, the reality show about the staffers at The Catalina Hotel in Miami. Now, we've always known the Catalina is a party hotel but it looks like hotelier Nathan Lieberman is ready to make their...
May 25, 2012
Just a month ago, we dished on the latest reality show featuring hotel staffers---The Catalina, featuring the pretty young things who work at the party hotel in Miami Beach. Since then, we've seen some various pieces of promotion for the show, namely photos of the hot young cast prancing on...
May 21, 2012
As the preview spot for the new CW show, The Catalina, tells us: 'If you think the guests like to party, wait til you meet the staff.' Thanks to their recent cavorting on South Beach captured in The Daily Mail, we have our opportunity. The article doesn't tell us much...
April 24, 2012
We already knew that the South Beach Group had a thing for reality TV: a number of their boutique hotels have appeared on shows, most famously The Metropole Hotel, which was brave enough to host the cast of The Jersey Shore. Now, the company's flagship, Catalina Hotel & Beach Club...
April 17, 2012
Whitelaw HotelHalloween may be a crisp, fall-weather kinda holiday but that doesn't mean South Beach doesn't get into it big-time. After all, it involves slutty costumes and getting drunk and those are two things the beach knows back to front and back again. If festive cocktails and mingling with monsters...
October 25, 2011
We don't tend to think of South Beach as a wine tasting sort of place--at least not in the summer. But tomorrow night, a wine tasting is exactly what's going down at the Catalina Hotel. The idea? Sample as many wines as possible for the chance to win incentives that...
June 09, 2011
Yesterday we noticed that room rates in New York City for New Year's Eve were still rather doable, even finding three hotels under $250 for the weekend. But when we looked today at the hotel rates for Miami Beach, things were far less do-able. Yes, we know that Miami...
December 28, 2010
OMFG, it's almost here. The second series of the Jersey Shore debuts on MTV tomorrow night. And if you can't be in Seaside Heights with the crew, the next best thing has to be partying in South Beach, just like the cast did in this next installment. Unfortunately for massive...
July 28, 2010
The day has finally come--the cast of Jersey Shore has arrived in Miami to begin shooting their second season. And while last season took place in various bars and clubs and one boardwalk-facing STD factory house of Seaside Heights, this season will inevitably involve Miami hotels. The other month,...
April 06, 2010
Jonesin for a dose of Jersey Shore? Well, head south, my friends, because the next stop for Snooki and The Situation looks like South Beach. The show filming its second season in Miami makes so much sense that were surprised we didnt see this coming long before Sammi and Ronnies...
February 16, 2010
So, the Super Bowl is over and jubilant Saints fans hightailed it out of Florida to celebrate back home in New Orleans. But Miami isnt crying over empty hotel roomsits gearing up to fill them all over again with the upcoming Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival...
February 10, 2010
The game itself may take place up in Davie, but South Beach is becoming quite the Super Bowl battleground. Hours after learning that The Surfcomber Hotel was re-naming itself The Bud Light Hotel, we discovered that The Catalina Hotel & Beach Club was fighting back on behalf of Coors...
February 05, 2010
If you're looking for a party in South Beach, The Catalina Hotel & Beach Club always has you covered. So it's no surprise that the hotel is going hog-wild for the Super Bowl. They're billing their celebrations as "The Most Affordable Three-Day Super Bowl Event on South Beach," and it...
February 04, 2010
Know of a hotel room open for Super Bowl? Tell us where right here.Can you believe the Jets made the playoffs? Insane! And while it seems like anything could happen, the chances of them making it all the way to the Super Bowl on February 2nd are about as good...
January 05, 2010
So, 2009 was one of the worst years we've seen since the Great Depression, huh? Now, we know Miami got that memo, what with its glut of condos, foreclosures, and, oh yeah, hotels in financial crisisbut you wouldn't know it from the way New Year's Eve is shaping up...
December 21, 2009
Thanksgiving may be just around the corner, but so is one of the most pivotal dates on the Miami social calendar: Art Basel. So if youre an art geek or just like crashing artist parties, its time to start thinking about where youll stay in Miami for this years...
November 09, 2009
Football season hasnt officially kicked off yet, but already NFL execs are scaling back the Super Bowl splurge. The Miami Herald reports that the league recently dropped 17 hotels in Miami and Miami Beach for the February 7 event. The Mandarin Oriental on Brickell is the only property being...
August 20, 2009
Why is this night different from all other nights? Well, for one thing, Passover begins! We've already outlined the best hotels for Easter weekend, but for all of us celebrating Passover, there are plenty of hotels offering holiday goodies. The Catalina Hotel in South Beach is welcoming the Passover...
April 08, 2009
Hotels probably consider February one of the most wonderful times of the year, even in a rough economy like this. Aside from lovers taking Valentine's Day getaways, hotels have the opportunity to capitalize on families with children who have the week off in the middle of the month known as...
February 03, 2009
The separation of A-list and D-list stars is never greater than when it comes to who gets to host what New Year's Eve party in Miami. While Diddy parties it up at the Fontainebleau with Chace Crawford and Lindsay Lohan jives to Samantha Ronson spinning at Mansion, the has-beens...
December 30, 2008
Before the SuperBowl comes all the little college football bowls. There are too many for us to keep track of but the big one to watch is the FedEx National Championship between Florida and Oklahoma on Jan. 8th in Miami at Dolphin Stadium. And where there are football games, there...
December 26, 2008
Once the Regent Hotel South Beach, now the Vincci Hotel.In continuing our coverage of Art Basel the upcoming art fair in Miami Beach, we are listing some of the events happening at hotels next week. If you are hosting an art event at a hotel or even better, if you...
November 29, 2007
Janice Dickinson is shooting the newest season of her reality show The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency down in Miami and in an effort to get some/any press, the former supermodel is terrorizing the hotel scene.First, she staged a photo appearance with panty shot on the steps at Casa Casuarina in...
October 01, 2007
The Catalina Hotel in Miami Beach has gone a little bit package-crazy this summer.First there was the Graduates Package for recent college grads and then there was the Vodka Collins package for well, anyone who likes vodka we guess. Still, these types of promotions are good for those visiting Miami...
August 14, 2007
We love summer in Miami because the hotel rates are so low and the packages can get pretty desperate. Take this promotion at the Catalina Hotel in South Beach. The hotel is offering the "Vodka Collins Package" for $55 per person per night and includes hotel accommodations for up to...
May 14, 2007
Nevermind that we spent our college graduation partying at a now-defunct wings chain in Pennslyvania with an afterparty in someone's apartment where the keg was predictably tapped within two hours, you youngsters can party it up like K-Fed at the Catalina Hotel in South Beach with their Congradulations Package.The hotel...
April 20, 2007
We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer...
March 08, 2007
Have a Super Bowl hotel party to talk about? Tip us off.The Super Bowl may be over but there are still plenty of Super Bowl party reports to get through.The first being about everyone's favorite ex-husband, Kevin Federline. Us Magazine reports that K-Fed's entourage was simply too big for the...
February 05, 2007
Know somewhere with open hotel rooms or a kick-ass party for Super Bowl weekend in Miami? Tip us off.As we mentioned last week, the Catalina Hotel is throwing a Super Bowl party and the good news is you don't need to plunk down $950 for a hotel room for four...
January 29, 2007
The Delano and the Setai are both hosting events for the upcoming Art Basel festival in Miami and now, the Catalina Hotel is getting in on some artsy action.An insider let us know that the hotel is practically turning into a mini-art gallery, by setting up art exhibits in most...
November 22, 2006
Toss away your tattered Hooters calendars and make room for South Beach's Catalina Hotel & Beach Club version of the retro-fab pin up girl.South Beach's euro-kitschy hotel is on the lookout for girls to pose for their 2007 calendar. No, Tara Reid, you're disqualified. You see, according to Erin McClurg-Kozlowski,...
September 27, 2006
Oh to be a student again. We're considering digging up our old college I.D.s to score the latest deal in Miami. Six hotels in South Beach Group Hotels are offering a free second night just for flashing that good ol' student I.D. The promotion runs Sunday through Thursday now until...
August 18, 2006
With the release this summer of the Miami Vice remakes starring Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell, Miami was bound to go a little 'Vice' crazy.At the Catalina Hotel, they are offering a two-night stay for $200 per room that includes cocktails inspired by the TV show and VIP access to...
August 11, 2006
[UPDATE: We did a bit more searching on the interweb and made a few phone calls after originally posting this story...turns out we uncovered some more details, but the truth is out there. As always, rates and availibility can change at any time, so there is no guarantee the below...
February 07, 2006
It's getting dark out there in New Year's Eve hotel world. Most rooms are getting gobbled up, but this is what we do, we find kick ass options for your lazy-wait-until-the-last-second asses. Turns out Hotels.com still has some rooms left at the Catalina Hotel in Miami Beach. The best...
December 20, 2005
Jack and Meg would love the color scheme of the Catalina Hotel. This place is a tad grunge, but full of energy--very rock and roll. Definitely not the place to stay if you are looking to impress your significant other. The service and condition of the rooms leaves a...
November 29, 2005
Hotel Maven Editor101, who we are guessing is somehow affiliated with South Beach Magazine, fills us in on South Beach Magazine's list of the "Fab-Five List of Top Boutique Hotels in Miami Beach. The List: Hotel Astor Catalina Hotel Nash Las Brisas South Beach Dorset The Abbey Ahh, a...
August 24, 2005
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